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Accordion Stolen in Chicago - USA

by Diatonic News

A brand new custom 1-row diatonic accordion, made in March 2015, was stolen from the parking lot across the street from Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music at 7.45pm on Thursday July 23rd. It was either taken from the car or when put down while paying at the pay box.

The accordion is has a low serial number, and with very few in existence, is virtually one of a kind. The owner is Sean Colledge.

For further information or to contact the owner, email: sean@colledgeviolins.com

PIF - CAT. SETE SÓIS SETE LUAS/CASTELFIDARDO – ITALIA

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WORLD MUSIC | 17 settembre

The PIF 2015 international competition for accordionists takes place in Castelfidardo, Ancona, Italy from September 17th to 20st. This year’s event includes the category for World Music and diatonic music, solo and group.

The ‘Revelation Award Sete Sois Sete Luas’ is a special World Music competition category for soloists over 18 years of PIF established in collaboration with the Festival Sete Sois Sete Luas. The winner will not only have a scholarship and medal but also will make an artistic residence in Portugal, Ponte de Sor, becoming part of one of the orchestras participating in the Festival Sete Sois Sete Luas, performing with this orchestra in 2015.

Competitors may participate from countries where the Festival Sete Sois Sete Luas is established, including Brazil, Cape Verde, Croatia, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Tunisia. Entrants will be soloists on the diatonic accordion, for instruments with a minimum of 21 buttons on the keyboard right (2 rows of buttons) and 8 basses in the lower left keyboard.

The Sete Sois Sete Luas Festival was founded in 1993 by a group of young Italians active in the theater between Italy and Portugal and the great Portuguese writer José Saramago, who received, in 1998, the Nobel Prize for literature.

Category World Music O Ensemble music – no age limitCategory O is open to orchestras and groups with no age limit, comprised of at least one accordion or one diatonic accordion (of any model) or a Garmoshka or a bandoneon or a digital accordion, that should have the main role in the ensemble. Groups with more than one bellows instrument or with only bellows instruments (like the ones above) are accepted. Competitors must present a programme of their choice with a maximum duration of 20 minutes, including arrangements and creative elaborations of pieces from the world music, ethno jazz, ethnic, folk and traditional repertoires.

Original compositions generically inspired by ethnic music are accepted. Apart from the quality of the performance, the jury will also consider the artistic quality of the group.

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Feakle Festival 2015 - Ireland

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Wednesday 5th to Monday 10th August

The 28th International Festival of Traditional Irish Music

28 years ago a small festival started in the village of Feakle, County Clare. Feakle is a centre of traditional music in Ireland. That small start has now brought us to our 28th year, with visitors from all over the world coming to a festival that now has international recognition.

Michigan Irish music festival - USA

Featuring live Irish entertainment daily under five large covered stages, from traditional Irish and folk music to contemporary Celtic rock to storytelling and Irish dance.

Join The Pub for a traditional Irish beverage, live music or or just for fun.

The festival has activities for all ages including a Cultural and Dance Stage.

You can also join a jam session in the Session Tent or take part in the Catholic Mass - Sunday at 9 am, followed by a traditional Irish breakfast. Returning this year is the Tea Room,The Celtic Games (both located in the County Kerry area) and the very popular Whiskey Snug.

Heritage Landing is located at 701 Shoreline Drive in downtown Muskegon MI 49440. The Festival entrance is at the intersection of Seventh and Shoreline Drive.

Information upon all artists: http://www.michiganirish.org/entertainers

3rd edition of this festival, where you can Listen to great Irish musicians playing traditional music or join in with a trad session, dance with an Irish and French teacher in a ceili, or join a workshop to learn set dancing, or just enjoy the music. Buvette and food served all weekend.

Holland Tango Festival - Netherlands

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Holland Tango Festival is a new festival in Holland where it is all about Buenos Aires. Dancing tango, Live music, workshops by international teachers, great mediterranean food, milongas, Tangoshows and much more. All in amazing historical rooms with wooden floors in Rotterdam and The Hague.

From the Mini Tango Market one can buy all sorts of Tango related items including music sheets-CD's.

Specially for this edition we invited professional teachers, DJ’s and an orchestra from all over the world: Buenos Aires, Japan, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Brazil and Holland because tango is danced and loved all over the world.

Video: Rozenn Talec and Yannig Noguet - France

Video: Rozenn Talec and Yannig Noguet perform their own composition 'Nozvezh Digousk' (mazurka). Published on Mar 21, 2015. This video is the Culture & Creation Concert on August 1, 2014 at the Quai de Bretagne - Festival Interceltique de Lorien.

Korrontzi’s fourth album is “Tradition 2.1” Within the major success of “Tradition 2.1” tour, Korrrontzi gave countless concerts all over the world and performed in the most important folk festivals. ARC, the English record company released “Tradition 2.1” for the international market.

In October 2014, Korrontzi were programed within the official selection of international music fair Womex which took place in Santiago de Compostela.

Dingle Tradfest - IRELAND

The festival provides a platform for both National and Internationally acclaimed performing artists to showcase modern and original talents within the usually more traditional environment that is the Dingle Peninsula.

Future events / Concerts

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Trio Tangata performing at the Tango Festival - Holland

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12th September 2015

Trio Tangata is a Tango ensemble, composed of three fine musicians, who are, for many years already, specialists in the Argentine Tango. In an innovating and unique style they compose arrangements of the tango music by Troilo, Pugliese, De Caro, Di Sarli, Piazzolla, Salgan, Mores, etc. Furthermore they perform their own special compositions written by the pianist MMarkerink. Her music shows us the Argentine tango is still in full development. The musicians from Trio Tangata were members of the grand tango- ensemble “Tango Dorado” , and with them they toured in Holland and abroad.

With sense for drama, precision and master-skills Trio Tangata presents the Argentine tango in a performance full of energy. The group went on tour in Holland and abroad, like Toscana tour , recent to France, Belgique, and went 2 years before aswell to the heart of the tango: Argentina: Buenos Aires. Trio Tangata has made 3 CD’s : “mis cosas favoritas” & “Historias del Sur” & ”Encuentros”. Guest-singers: José Rivero and Lilian Vieira on the last CD.

Trio Tangata will play live music on the Holland TangoFestival on Saturday 12 September!

On facebook Trio Tangata can be followed: http://www.facebook.com/TrioTangata

Riccardo Tesi performing at the Castelfidardo PIF - Italy

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on Saturday, the 17th September at 21.15 Sala T | Teatro Astra via Matteotti 34, next to the performances of the PIF Winners of the categories N, O there wilol be Guest Artist “Riccardo Tesi” on stage - don't miss

NESI 11-13 September 2015 - USA

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The Squeeze-In is a non-profit laid-back weekend gathering of players and their partners. meeting for the legendary fun: play...and dance...and jam...and have a blowout Saturday night. Welcome are beginners and the talented advanced alike. Meet friends old and new in a comfortable, low-key setting with many places for workshops and spontaneous squeezings. Hobnob with (other!) free-reed aficionados and behold an assortment of squeezeboxes and their paraphernalia for sale, swap & hagglement.

The Squeeze-In is held at Chimney Corners, a fabulously well appointed year round camp and conference center in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, 30 minutes from the Lee exit off the Mass Pike and close to Tanglewood, the summer home of the BSO. The Squeeze-In is held on a weekend, Friday afternoon through Sunday noon, generally in mid-September.

- See more at: http://www.harmonicahoek.nl/service/agenda/index.php?evenement_nr=4&jaar=2015#sthash.ILpCRcLg.dpuf

Copperbox in September - USA

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Danny Jerabek (accordion, keys, vocals, cornet, sousaphone, etc.) and his wife, Michelle (Thull) Jerabek (bari saxophone, vocals, guitar, washboard, etc.) both started performing with their family on stage at an early age. Once in their teens, they crossed paths again and eventually realized they were meant to be together. They started writing songs and formed a band and the rest is history! The current line up includes the highly regarded talents of Drew Hicks (bass, guitar) and Jason Van Ryzin (drums).

Danny Jerabek was given an accordion from his grandfather at age 9 and taught himself how to play it. Inspired by Steve (Esteban) Jordan, "the Jimi Hendrix of Tejano Accordion" he began to "rock out" and improvise –thinking a little more, "outside the box." He has been featured at the International Accordion Festival in San Antonio, TX and the National Accordion Festival in Houston, TX and the Cotati Accordion Festival in Cotati, CA, and has been featured on national TV.

For over 13 years the band has been pushing to keep this band on the road with the help of family, friends and fans. Copper Box has performed small, intimate shows to large, main stage festivals nationwide and in September 2015 they will perform:

TracklistA Clown's Heart 3:52 A River Runs 4:33 Spirit Of Dust 4:38 Lay Your Dreams Down Gently 3:33 Diamonds On The Water 3:00 The Wilderness 3:33 Palace Of Memory 3:38 Once I Had A Sweetheart 4:28 No Ordinary Girl 3:20 Call You Friend 2:52 Steal Away 4:33 Like A Swimmer In The Ocean Info: http://www.oysterband.co.uk

It is in the tender and playful world of Baltazar Montanaro-Nagy (violin) and Sophie Cavez (accordion) Le 3ème Temps that was born. Steeped in many cultures, music is deeply organic and moving, all at once rooted and air. Recorded at Shipyard (creative center of new traditional music and world music located in Correns - 83), this third installment will be released March 30, 2015.

Le 3ème Temps offers rearrangements pieces collected from musicians in France and in the world, according to the many tours of the duo since 2008. We find such music from Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Brittany, Provence and Galicia, revisited by Sophie Cavez and Baltazar Montanaro-Nagy with the complicity and freedom that characterize them.

Pursuing in parallel his compositions, the duo also offers us four magnificent titles that complement gracefully the imaginary landscapes crossed listening to this album.

This duo, endearing and talented, has a contagious vibratory sense, limitless potential, incredible strength and velvet notes. Their association made a very foolish.